flop. Veldhuis bet out 6,800 but eased off the gas hen his opponent called - they both checked the
turn, and then checked again on the
river. Veldhuis announced, "Nine," and turned over
. His opponent laughed in a not-amused sort of way and mucked.A few hands later and we found Veldhuis getting involved again. It looked as though the small blind had raised and Veldhuis had re-popped from the big. Either way, the raise in front of Mr. Small Blind was 14,000 when Veldhuis shoved for what was after some time and considerable dealer effort ascertained to be 102,700.
The small blind now tanked up as a wall of media personnel crowded around the table. Said Veldhuis: "I think you're gonna fold but you don't like it so you want to make me stack all my chips." Then after a moment, "Or you have aces."
Eventually the small blind folded. "Show five-deuce!" shouted a railer, but no-one showed anything. Veldhuis is up to 120,000.
and found a willing caller behind him with
.
offering very little in terms of excitement except that Prescott has doubled up to about 60,000.
("Five!" cried Mr. Button)
board.
. The initial raiser somehow found a call with
and after an
on the turn, the
came on the river though to knock him out.